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Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Navigate Life Texas: Resources for kids with disabilities and special needs
Planning in advance for your child's Admission, Review, and Dismissal (ARD) meeting may make the process go more smoothly and make you feel more comfortable as your child's school advocate.
Categories: Education & Schools
Everything seems like a battle to me. A frustrating, on-going battle. Is it and why?
Categories: Family Support
Our son has a long list of diagnosed conditions and some only came about because of our pursuit to find answers.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
We cross paths with many people day-to-day. Sometimes I can tell that someone may want to ask a question, or just say hello, but they don’t. Hopefully, these suggestions can help to break down some barriers and help others approach families of children with disabilities with more ease and understanding.
Categories: Family Support
There is no right or wrong way to grieve. It gives no warning and has no timetable. Learning to live with it takes time. Here is one mother's experience.
Categories: Family Support
If you have a child with special health care needs and a typically developing child, then you have probably already discovered that we continually mourn the “loss.”
Categories: Family Support
I reflect on the days right after we received our son's diagnosis. We needed to mourn what could have been to appreciate what could be.
Categories: Family Support
If you are a parent of a child with disabilities, then you probably know very well about the various designated awareness months for the different disabilities. But awareness really comes in surprising moments.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
As a parent of a child with a disability, we often must learn little tricks to get things done and some can be total game changers. Here are a few tips to help in the day-to-day challenges many of us face.
Categories: Diagnosis & Health Care, Family Support
For many kids’ achievements come easily. For my son, small victories are hard won and hugely celebrated.
Categories: Family Support